question/problem re: smplayer and mpv

[jd1008]

On 06/18/2015 10:38 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 06/17/2015 05:14 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/17/2015 05:48 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>> On 06/17/2015 04:06 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/17/2015 02:01 PM, Greg Woods wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:50 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:jd1008 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Checking for SSA/ASS support       : no ('libass >= 0.12.1' not
>>>>> found)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you just need to install libass-devel?
>>>>>
>>>>> --Greg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I do have a libass installed in my current OS: fc20.
>>>> It is asking for a higher version, which I presume is only 
>>>> available in
>>>> fc22.
>>>> I do not want to clobber my existing libass nor libass-devel because
>>>> of other dependencies on the existing version.
>>>
>>> Then you're rather out of luck unless you want to install a new version
>>> of libass in some scratch location and bugger the mpv build to use that
>>> location. It is difficult to build things with a mix of RPM and non-RPM
>>> items, as RPM and rpmbuild sorta want things in a specific way.
>> Yes, I understand.
>> So, which functionality of mpv does libass provide???
>> I mean if I edit the spec file and remove the configure option
>> for libass (disable-libass), what feature would stop working?
>
> libass essentially handles subtitle rendering on material that has 
> subtitles:
>
>     # dnf info libass
>     ...
>     Description : Libass is a portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles 
> rendering.
>
> So subtitles won't be rendered if you disable it. Depending on your
> needs, this may not be a big thing.
Cool!
99.99% of the time, what I watch has no subtitles.

Cheers,

JD